OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2770

burn

/bɜːn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
quemadura
A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
He burnt his hand in the fire.
She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.
quema • quemar
The act of burning something with fire.
One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn.
They’re doing a controlled burn of the fields.
quemazón
Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
One and, two and, keep moving; feel the burn!
Phrases
No hay frases
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 2771

burn

/bɜːn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
combustionar • fogarear • foguerear • quemar
To cause to be consumed by fire.
He burned his manuscript in the fireplace.
On July 1, 1402,⁹⁵ when the Prince of Yen reached P’u-k’ou (in Kiangsu), Sheng Yung and his imperial troops attacked him and attempted to burn his boats.⁹⁶
quemar
To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.
She burned the child with an iron, and was jailed for ten years.
quemar
To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
At first they didn’t do anything by design, beyond writing songs and gigging around Sheffield, distributing homemade demo CDs at shows. Their canny friends burned copies to leave o…
We’ll burn this program onto an EEPROM one hour before the demo begins.